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A new sesquiterpene lactone — acroptilin — isolated fromAcroptilon repens L. (DC) has been assigned to the sesquiterpene lactones of the guaiane or germacrane type, and it contains two acyl residues, a OH group, and two exocyclic methylenes, one of which is conjugated with the carbonyl.
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All-Union Scientific-Research Institute for Medicinal Plants. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 272–276, May–June, 1971.
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Evstratova, R.I., Kiseleva, E.Y., Sheichenko, V.I. et al. The structure of acroptilin — A sesquiterpene lactone from Acroptilon repens. Chem Nat Compd 7, 262–264 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00568994
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